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[ 3 syll. ja-mai-ca, jam-a-ica ] The girl name Jamaica is pronounced JHahMEYKah †. Jamaica's language of origin is English and it is also predominantly used in the English language. The name is of the meaning 'from Jamaica'. It represents the transferred use of the geographic name as a given name. Jamaica is an infrequently used baby name for girls. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Jamaica include the English Jameka, the English Jamesha, the English Jameshia, the English Jamesia, the English Jamessa, the English Jamika, the Indian Janaki, the English Janeka, the name Janesa, the Polish Janeska, the English Janessa, the Czech and Hebrew Janica, the name Janicia, the English Janiesa, the Indian Janikaa, the English Janisa, the English Janissa, the Scandinavian Jannike, the Slavic Jasminka, and the English Jenasys.
† Pronunciation for Jamaica: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
